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April 7, 2026

I can't help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee

Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users.

I can't help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee

TL;DR

  • Arcee has released a new reasoning model called Trinity Large Thinking, an open-weight LLM.
  • The company aims to provide U.S. and Western companies with an alternative to Chinese-based AI models.
  • Trinity Large Thinking can be downloaded, trained, and used on-premises or via API.
  • Arcee's models are not outperforming closed-source models from companies like Anthropic or OpenAI but offer more flexibility.
  • Unlike Meta's Llama 4, Arcee's Trinity models are released under the Apache 2.0 license.
  • Arcee's models are becoming popular with OpenClaw users, highlighted by data from OpenRouter.

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